Town of Menasha police arrest three on drug charges

Jul. 31, 2013

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Post-Crescent Media

TOWN OF MENASHA — Police arrested three men on drug charges Tuesday after responding to a reckless driving incident.

Police found the car about 6:20 p.m. parked in a driveway in the 2100 block of E. Prairie Creek Drive. A 20-year-old Town of Menasha man ran out back door of the home and an officer arrested him after a chase. The man was in possession of a bindle of cocaine, prescription medication and drug paraphernalia, police said.

A neighbor told police that several others ran from the home and two men were hiding in a Prairie View Court backyard. Officers found the two 22-year-olds and arrested them.

The 20-year-old is accused of possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, possession of an illegally obtained prescription, possession of drug paraphernalia and bail jumping.

The 22-year-old Town of Menasha man faces charges of possession of marijuana and possession of an illegally obtained prescription. The 22-year-old Neenah man is accused of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. He is in jail on a probation hold.